Bibliograph

Technicians of the sacred, a range of poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, edited with commentaries by Jerome Rothenberg

Type

Label

Technicians of the sacred, a range of poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania, edited with commentaries by Jerome Rothenberg

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Technicians of the sacred

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

973481571

Responsibility statement

edited with commentaries by Jerome Rothenberg

Sub title

a range of poetries from Africa, America, Asia, Europe, and Oceania

Summary

"A wide-ranging anthology of ethnopoetry including origin texts, visionary texts, texts about death, texts about events--collected from Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Ancient Near East, and Oceania."--Provided by publiher

Table Of Contents

The texts -- Origins & namings -- Visions & spels -- Death & defeat -- The book of events (I) -- The book of events (II) -- Africa -- America -- Asia -- Europe & the Ancient Near East -- Oceania -- Survivals & revivals -- The statements -- The commentaries

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